Sesame Ginger Salmon
A super easy and flavorful salmon dish chockfull of heart-healthy protein, vitamin A and omega-3 fatty acids!
So let’s talk salmon. Salmon is absolutely one of my favorite kinds of fish. It’s so versatile, so hearty, and so full of protein, vitamin A, and omega fatty acids, which are essential to the proper functioning of the heart and brain. I’m obviously not a salmon ambassador or anything – I just really like it, and when you prepare it with the right ingredients, you’ll have a hearty, healthy dish on your table in no time that your family will love!
Like with this simple ginger marinade here, the salmon soaks up all of the amazing Asian flavors before it gets baked to flaky perfection. And then you finish it off with that sweet honey ginger glaze with a hint of spiciness from the Sriracha because as you know, I have to add Sriracha to everything!
Sesame Ginger Salmon
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 4 5-ounce salmon filets
For the Honey Ginger Glaze
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
- ½ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- To make the glaze, whisk together honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, Sriracha, ginger and sesame seeds in a small bowl; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together olive oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame seeds and green onions.
- In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine ginger marinade and salmon filets; marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight, turning the bag occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Place salmon filets along with the marinade onto prepared baking dish and bake until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes.
- Serve salmon immediately with honey ginger glaze.
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Fabulous, I’m not a big fish eater, but I do love Salmon and Trout too, this sound right up my street with those amazing flavours, thanks for sharing.
My husband will just die when he sees this 🙂 salmon is his favorite fish, especially with the sesame ginger…perfect!
This is in my dinner queue for the coming week. Love salmon and this sauce sounds delicious (love the addition of Sriracha!)
Right?! Sriracha can seriously be added to anything and everything!
Just keep the sriracha out of my moose track ice cream. lol. But seriously want to know when to put the glaze on it. Before it goes in the oven or after. Absolutely is the most delicious looking salmon I did see. Making it tonight. If I don’t hear back from you I’ll just wing it. Hmmmmm. I bet this would make a great wing glaze too!
The glaze is served with the salmon after it is baked in step #6:
6. Serve salmon immediately with honey ginger glaze.
Favorite salmon recipe yet
Re the “Surface is good on anything” I found it very disappointing on banana cream pie. Whatever floats your boat.
It wasn’t meant to be taken that literally. 🙂
That is a restaurant-worthy dish, stunning!
THIS LOOKS SO GOOD. I NEED TO STOP YELLING
You can yell anytime man 🙂
I LOVE salmon, especially when it’s perfectly glazed like this one looks! So much yum.
That’s the most gorgeous piece of fish I have ever seen!! Beautiful recipe!
Oh hey, sexy salmon dish, I’m so into you! Totally pinned this for dinner next week. I need more fish in my life and this one is practically begging me to make it–love!
Looks damn delicious! I’ll try it soon. And yeah: I love siracha as well.
YUM. The end.
I love love love salmon too. This glaze looks beautiful.
I think that seriously might be the best piece of salmon I ever laid eyes on. Gorgeous!
I love salmon and usually do it on the grill with a rub. This is an excellent alternative, and since there is snow on the ground not the grill is not always an option.
This looks so good! My mom made salmon all the time when I was growing up, but she often ruined it by putting weird sauces on it. I’ll have to pass this recipe along so my younger sisters don’t have to suffer as much!
This sounds so good!
I am not a fish eater – but this has tempted me to give fish another try! Thank you – keep it up! 😉
I’m always looking for great salmon recipes and this is definitely top my list!!!
This looks SO good–so good that I would be happy to eat it for breakfast. Weird, but true. Definitely making this for dinner soonn!! Perhaps this weekend? Yes, definitely.
Making this tonight! Looks so delicious!
Every time I announce to the family that we are having salmon for dinner I get cheers! We LOVE it! This is a must try recipe for us!